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Sternum oval. 



Falces moderately long and strong ; fangs short, strongly curved. 



Abdomen longer than broad, projecting over about half the 

 cephalothorax, broadest at the anterior part, pointed at the 

 posterior. 



R. dromodaria. 



Total length, .007 m. 



Cephalothorax broad at the posterior part, where it is very high 

 and arched ; caput oval, narrower, and separated by a deep furrow ; 

 cephalothorax .0035 m. long, .002 broad in the broadest part ; 

 moderately high and arched, divided by a deep distinct furrow ; 

 caput very slightly higher than the rest of the cephalothorax ; pro- 

 jecting from the front part is a blunt tubercle, about .001 m. long, 

 bearing six eyes, as shown in the plate ; this tubercle is about as 

 broad as long, and is narrowest at the base ; color of cephalothorax, 

 maxillae, palpi, labium, sternum, light brownish yellow; falces same 

 color, darker towards the points ; fangs dark reddish brown. 



Legs and palpi light yellowish brown ; the lower \ art of the 

 femoral d rker, and provided with short tubercles on the inner 

 side ; tibial spotted with same colour, moderately furnished with 

 hair, and more so at the extremities ; legs — first pair terminated 

 by a triple claw, the upper claw strongest dentated ; length of 

 first pair .0105, of second .0095, of fourth .009, of third .007 in. 



Abdomen .006 m. long and .004 m. broad in the broadest part; 

 triangular, the base being in front, where it projects as far as the in- 

 sertion of the third pair of legs ; of a yellowish grey, with dark mark- 

 ing in the centre part, where it is very much depressed, presenting 

 the •" bruised-in " appearance of coelenia ; on the front part are two 

 pointed tubercles ; at the anterior angles are double pointed tuber- 

 cles, and on the sides are three small pointed tubercles ; under- 

 neath of a similar colour, with a brownish grey triangular spot in 

 the centre. 



One female specimen (] mature) from Hall Sound, New Guinea, 

 among the Chevert collection in the Macleay museum. I know 

 nothing of the habits of this insect, and propose also to place it 

 amongst the Ruditelarise. 



